Lake No. 5

Fishing and stocking

Northern pike water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 8,500 fish in the published allocation. One of 25 stocked waters on the Kidder County record.

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program 2026 season

best window 10:42 pm-12:42 am solunar major today

1 species

8,500 fish allocated

What swims here

Northern pike 1 allocation

Season program record

North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The North Dakota season shape statewide: reported by year.

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Northern pike	fingerling	8,500

When to fish Lake No. 5

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:19 am-12:19 pm and 10:42 pm-12:42 am	4:37-5:37 am and 4:47-5:47 pm
Tomorrow	11:05 am-1:05 pm	5:51-6:51 am and 5:06-6:06 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the muskie and pike (northern pike on the season program here)

Oversized landing net	a stocked muskie fishery deserves a proper release tool
Heavy casting rod	7.5 to 9 ft heavy with 65 to 80 lb braid; these fish punish light gear
Large bucktails and gliders	big profile baits; finish every cast with a figure-eight

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Sibley Lake	2.7 mi	2026 season
Horsehead Lake	4.7 mi	2026 season
McPhail WMA	5.3 mi	2026 season
Cherry Lake	7.4 mi	2026 season
Lake Isabel	11 mi	2026 season

Records from North Dakota Game and Fish Department (official page). Placement from North Dakota Game and Fish Department coordinates. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Dakota fishing regulations.